Emerging biochemists more fully understand the flow of energy in ecosystems as they explore the laws of thermodynamics and relate them to energy transfer in food chains. They also investigate heat loss from the human body and how...

Trace the energy transfer through food chains and food webs. Check your understanding by hovering your mouse over questions to reveal the answers.

Learn how energy is transferred through the food chain.

Detailed explanation of the processes by which energy flows through an ecosystem. Scroll down and open Section 3.

Explains the processes by which energy flows through an ecosystem. Covers the meanings of key vocabulary, e.g., types of producers and consumers, trophic levels, food webs, and the energy pyramid.

Complete illustrated discussion of energy flow within ecosystems, including discussions of trophic levels, ecological pyramids, food chains and webs, biological magnification, and cycles.